Fungi Online Resources
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Slime molds
Introduction to the "slime molds", UC Museum of Paleontology http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/slimemolds.html Myxomycetes: The Slime Molds www.mushroomexpert.com/myxomycetes.html Books helpful for fungal identification
Mycology Guide: Key Terms and Concepts, Second Edition http://my.apsnet.org/ItemDetail?iProductCode=44686 Illustrated Dictionary of Mycology, Second Edition http://my.apsnet.org/ItemDetail?iProductCode=4400 Illustrated Genera of Imperfect Fungi, Fourth Edition http://my.apsnet.org/ItemDetail?iProductCode=41922 Illustrated Genera of Ascomycetes, Volumes 1 and 2 Combined Keys http://my.apsnet.org/ItemDetail?iProductCode=4199X |
Fungi identification
Tom Volk's Fungi http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/Resources/Toms%20Fungi/ Mycota http://mycota-crcc.mnhn.fr/site/accueil.php?lang=eng University of Massachusetts Boston Fungal Phyla http://intro.bio.umb.edu/OLLM/112s99/phyla/fungi.htm USDA-ARS Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Online resources for fungi (i.e. the pathologist's big red book by Farr, but online) http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/fungushost/fungushost.cfm The American Phytopathological Society is a good source for plant disease related material: http://apsnet.org apsnet.org APS Illustrated Glossery: http://apsnet.org/edcenter/illglossary/Pages/default.aspx A list of "classic" or well studied diseases can be found here. If you want to see the rust disease that has all five spore stages, it's wheat rust. They have a good video of the disease cycle. http://apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/lessons/Pages/default.aspx This website goes over the basics of the different pathogen types (fungi, bacteria, oomycetes, etc.). Since the majority of plant diseases are caused by fungi, you might find the Introduction to Fungi especially helpful. It goes over the different spore types, fruiting structures, even clamp connections: http://apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/PathogenGroups/Pages/default.aspx |
updated 01/25/2018